Methods and apparatuses for reducing measurement on neighbour cell frequencies

A base station (BS) for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the BS to:
• determine a message indicating one or more conditions for determining whether to measure on at least one frequency band associated with at least one neighbor cell, wherein the one or more conditions are associated with at least one of:
• at least one coverage parameter of a serving cell;
• at least one coverage parameter of at least one neighbor cell;
• or
• at least one movement parameter of a user equipment (UE);
• and
• transmit the message.

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for reducing measurement on a frequency band, the method comprising:

• receiving a message indicating one or more conditions for determining whether to measure on at least one frequency band associated with at least one neighbor cell, wherein the one or more conditions are associated with at least one of:
• at least one coverage parameter of a serving cell;
• at least one coverage parameter of at least one neighbor cell;
• or
• at least one movement parameter of the UE;
• and
• measuring on the at least one frequency band if a neighbor cell measurement is triggered and at least one condition of the one or more conditions is fulfilled;
• or
• suspending a triggered neighbor cell measurement if the neighbor cell measurement is triggered and no condition of the one or more conditions is fulfilled.